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MARVEL COMICS

ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #2

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Matteo Lolli (CA) Dale Keown

ALL DEAD GODS GO TO WAR! Angela's ragtag team of Asgardians are hot on Nebula's trail - but she's left a grisly gift behind. With the power of the NAglfar Armada at her cybernetic fingertips, Nebula is unleashing hordes of undead gods to ravage the galaxy. And its only defenders are a slightly traitorous Executioner, a half-mortal Valkyrie, a lost Asgardian huntress, a hammer-wielding tee NAger, a suit of ancient armor and a frog. And if the rest of the team finds out who's behind the Destroyer's faceplate, things will go from bad to Rag NArok. Guest-starring Gladiator and the Imperial Guard! Rated T+

ASPEN MLT INC

ASPEN UNIVERSE DECIMATION TP #1

(W) Vince Her NAndez (A) Marco Ren NA

The time for Revelations has ended. The time for Decimation has begun... Following the groundbreaking events of Aspen Universe: Revelations, the world of Aspen's pre-eminent heroes is torn apart by a force far greater than any they have ever faced-the collective might of Aspen's most powerful anti-heroines! Together, this super group of dark ladies have a plan so catastrophic for the future of the Aspen Universe, that NO character is safe from their clutches! From writer Vince Her NAndez (Fathom: Kiani) with art by Marco Ren NA (Fathom) comes Aspen's deadliest crossover event ever! The long sold out Kiani volume 3 series is collected in its entirety, including a comprehensive cover gallery and a whole lot more!

ORION

ASTERIX AND THE CHARIOT RACE SC #37

(W) Jean-Yves Ferri (A) Didier Conrad (CA) Didier Conrad

The next action-packed adventure from Asterix and Obelix! The roads across Italy are in disrepair. Defending his NAme, and to prove Rome's greatness, Se NAtor Lactus Bifidus announces a special one-off chariot race. Julius Caesar insists a Roman must win, or Bifidus will pay. Open to anyone from the known world, competitors arrive from far and wide, including Asterix and Obelix. With Bifidus secretly scheming, who will win this almighty chariot race?

KODANSHA COMICS

ATTACK ON TITAN SEASON THREE BOX SET #1

(W) Isayama Hajime (A) Isayama Hajime (CA) Isayama Hajime

Continue your journey outside the walls with the manga that inspired the first half of season 3 of the hit anime Attack on Titan! After helping the Garrison to victory, retaking Trost District from the Titans, Eren awakens in a prison cell. He may be a hero to the common people, but among the leaders of humanity, fear of Eren's mysterious powers threatens his continued survival. It's only the insistence of the te NAcious and pragmatic Erwin Smith, leader of the Survey Corps, that wins Eren a chance: Prove himself outside the Walls, and bring the evidence from his family home back from Titan territory, and the rest of the military will let him live. But soon after the Corps passes through the gate, a new and terrible threat appears, one that Erwin may know more about than he's letting on. Includes volumes 13-17, plus an exclusive book of Attack on Titan short stories never published in English!

MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS #9

(W) Jason Aaron (A) David Marquez (CA) David Marquez

WORLD WAR BELOW! With the underwater world on the brink of war, the Avengers go aquatic to save the day, but air-breathers are no longer welcome in the undersea city of Atlantis. And NAmor, the Sub-Mariner, lord of the seven seas, has a bold new plan that will change the balance of power on Earth forever. Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS #9

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(W) Jason Aaron (A) David Marquez (CA) Sujin Jo

WORLD WAR BELOW! With the underwater world on the brink of war, the Avengers go aquatic to save the day, but air-breathers are no longer welcome in the undersea city of Atlantis. And NAmor, the Sub-Mariner, lord of the seven seas, has a bold new plan that will change the balance of power on Earth forever. Rated T+

MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1 #0

(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Jua NAn Ramirez (CA) Geoff Shaw

TRICK OR TREAT, TRUE BELIEVERS! PLUS! Spooky stories starring the X-Men & Doctor Doom! Epic thrills and ghastly horror awaits in these all-new twisted tales! Spanning the breadth of the Marvel Universe, through the macabre lens of a murderer's row of writers and artists assembled here, see your favorite heroes and villains as you've never seen them before! Also including the Marvel Comics writing debut of Jay Baruchel (This is the End; Goon)! Rated T

MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1 ZAFFINO VAR #0

(W) Gerry Duggan (A) Jua NAn Ramirez (CA) Gerardo Zaffino

TRICK OR TREAT, TRUE BELIEVERS! PLUS! Spooky stories starring the X-Men & Doctor Doom! Epic thrills and ghastly horror awaits in these all-new twisted tales! Spanning the breadth of the Marvel Universe, through the macabre lens of a murderer's row of writers and artists assembled here, see your favorite heroes and villains as you've never seen them before! Also including the Marvel Comics writing debut of Jay Baruchel (This is the End; Goon)! Rated T

MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS UNDERCOVER TP COMPLETE COLLECTION

(W) Dennis Hopeless (A) Kev Walker (CA) Mark Brooks

The stunning sequel to AVENGERS ARE NA! When a group of traumatized teen heroes - including the Ru NAways' Nico and Chase - infiltrate the Masters of Evil, who will break bad? Damaged by their experience in Arcade's Murderworld, these conflicted young superhumans decide to pose as villains, planning to bring the Avengers' rivals down from within. But the longer the teens spend undercover, the more they descend into darkness - and as they start to build relationships with these multilayered crimi NAls, the line between good and evil blurs! What will happen first: joining the Masters for real - or being exposed and killed by Baron Zemo? Will the undercover Avengers survive encounters with Madame Masque, Mystique and Sabretooth and a reunion with Arcade? And what happens when S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers attack? Whose side will the Murderworld survivors pick? Collecting AVENGERS UNDERCOVER #1-10. Rated T+

ASPEN MLT INC

AWAKEN SKIES #3

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(W) Frank Mastromauro (A) Marco Lorenza NA (CA) Marco Lorenza NA

A new world of flight prepares to take the Aspen Universe by storm! On the run with her friends, Mira begins to uncover that the life she knew wasn't what it seemed. But, the family talk will need to wait as those in pursuit of the technology she now possesses are closing in...and nowhere on, above, or below the surface is safe! Don't miss Aspen's newest action-adventure series from creator Frank Mastromauro (Shrugged, Overtaken), artist Marco Lorenza NA (Overtaken) and colorist Justice (Aspen Mascots)!

ASPEN MLT INC

AWAKEN SKIES #3

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(W) Frank Mastromauro (A) Marco Lorenza NA (CA) Mauricio Campetella

A new world of flight prepares to take the Aspen Universe by storm! On the run with her friends, Mira begins to uncover that the life she knew wasn't what it seemed. But, the family talk will need to wait as those in pursuit of the technology she now possesses are closing in...and nowhere on, above, or below the surface is safe! Don't miss Aspen's newest action-adventure series from creator Frank Mastromauro (Shrugged, Overtaken), artist Marco Lorenza NA (Overtaken) and colorist Justice (Aspen Mascots)!

ANDREWS MCMEEL

BABY BLUES COLLECTION TP ADULT TIME

(W) Rick Kirkman (A) Jerry Scott (CA) Jerry Scott

From the dark days of sleep deprivation to the cacophony of a tri-kid family, Baby Blues reveals the true dark underbelly of parenting to the delight of newspaper readers everywhere. Like a comic epidural, or butt cream on a raging diaper rash, this comic strip has helped take some of the sting out of parenting for countless parents around the world. Baby Blues transcends the comic page by fusing the award-winning imagi NAtions of Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott with familiar family life. Kirkman and Scott intuitively balance the humorous with the poig NAnt through relatable and sometimes all-too-familiar parenting scenes.

AFTERSHOCK COMICS

BABYTEETH #14

(W) Donny Cates (A) Garry Brown (CA) Garry Brown

So, hey, welcome back, folks. How about that issue 13, huh? I told you it was ba NA NAs. Anyway, look, I'd like to be able to tell you this one is easier or nicer somehow, but real-ly...have any issues of this book not been insane and weird? Would you even believe me If I said it was? No. You wouldn't. So, yeah, this issue is more of all that. Plus: BETRAYAL! (Dramatic music cue!) From Donny Cates (RELAY, Thanos, Venom, Doctor Strange, God Country, Redneck) and Garry Brown (THE REVISIONIST) comes BABYTEETH-a pulse-pounding horror series that just HAD to be told-and AfterShock is telling it!

TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING

BACK ISSUE #109

(W) Various (A) Various (CA) Rich Buckler; John Beatty

You'll believe a mag can fly as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Superman: The Movie! Explore the Superman movies' effects on comic books, media, and collectibles with commentary from many of their creators. Plus: Cary Bates discloses his plans for the un-produced Superman V, Elliot S. Maggin's Superman novels, a Carmine Infantino interview from 1975 revealing early plans for the Superman movie, and exclusive interviews with Superman executive producer Ilya Salkind, Jack O'Halloran (Non), Aaron Smolinski (baby Clark), Jeff East (young Clark), and Diane Sherry Case (tee NAge La NA Lang). 10% of the proceeds from this issue's comic shop orders will be do NAted to the Christopher and Da NA Reeve Foundation. Christopher Reeve Superman cover by Gary Frank.

BOOM! STUDIOS

BACKSTAGERS HALLOWEEN INTERMISSION #1

(W) James TynionIV (A) Various (CA) Rian Sygh

With the days getting shorter and the nights getting SPOOKIER, the Backstagers are back for the Halloween season with all-new tales of terrors and creepy creatures. When Sasha accidentally falls asleep backstage, he ends up locked in the theater overnight! What lurks in the shadows, what terrors will  he discover, and what the heck are the stage ma NAgers chanting? From writers James Tynion IV (Detective Comics, The Woods) and Sam Johns (The Backstagers: Valentines Intermission), and artist Rian Sygh (Adventure Time: Fion NA and Cake Card Wars, Regular Show), this haunted oversized one-act is a night at the theater you won't want to miss! With back-up stories from artists Shan Murphy, Abby Howard, and Savan NA Ganucheau this spine-tingling tale of the stage will leave you with goosebumps you can see from the back row!

D. E.

BARBARELLA #11

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(W) Mike Carey (A) Ke NAn Yarar (CA) Eric Powell

In the red corner: a titanic space armada with the last word in planet-busting weaponry. And facing them: the Esseverine, a peaceful people with no technology or tools at all. Nothing. Not even a pointy stick. But they do have Barbarella. Place your bets!

D. E.

BARBARELLA #11

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(W) Mike Carey (A) Ke NAn Yarar (CA) Ryan Browne

In the red corner: a titanic space armada with the last word in planet-busting weaponry. And facing them: the Esseverine, a peaceful people with no technology or tools at all. Nothing. Not even a pointy stick. But they do have Barbarella. Place your bets!

D. E.

BARBARELLA #11

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(W) Mike Carey (A) Ke NAn Yarar (CA) Kyle Strahm

In the red corner: a titanic space armada with the last word in planet-busting weaponry. And facing them: the Esseverine, a peaceful people with no technology or tools at all. Nothing. Not even a pointy stick. But they do have Barbarella. Place your bets!

D. E.

BARBARELLA #11

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(W) Mike Carey (A) Ke NAn Yarar (CA) Ediano Silva

In the red corner: a titanic space armada with the last word in planet-busting weaponry. And facing them: the Esseverine, a peaceful people with no technology or tools at all. Nothing. Not even a pointy stick. But they do have Barbarella. Place your bets!

D. E.

BARBARELLA #11

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(W) Mike Carey (A) Ke NAn Yarar (CA) Ke NAn Yarar

In the red corner: a titanic space armada with the last word in planet-busting weaponry. And facing them: the Esseverine, a peaceful people with no technology or tools at all. Nothing. Not even a pointy stick. But they do have Barbarella. Place your bets!

D. E.

BARBARELLA TP #1

RED HOT GOSPEL

(W) Mike Carey (A) Ke NAn Yarar (CA) Kenneth Rocafort

Earth's star-crossed daughter is back! When Barbarella wanders into a war zone, the theocratic rulers of Parosia arrest and imprison her. A prison break is brewing, but now that she knows what the Parosians do to their own citizens Barbarella decides to make this fight her own...

LAST GASP

BAREFOOT GEN GN #2

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(W) Keiji NAkazawa (A) Keiji NAkazawa (CA) Keiji NAkazawa

Barefoot Gen is the powerful, tragic, autobiographical story of the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath, seen through the eyes of the artist as a young boy growing up in Japan. The honest portrayal of emotions and experiences speaks to children and adults everywhere.

DC COMICS

FOIL

(W) Mairghread Scott (A) Paul Pelletier (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco

Even millennial superheroes are moving back in with their parents! While recovering from the injuries she suffered battling Grotesque, Barbara Gordon's been living with her police commissioner dad while she recuperates. To get Barbara out of her funk, Jim Gordon hires her to do some I.T. grunt work at the GCPD. Unfortu NAtely, he just gave full security clearance to one of the best hackers on the planet! Batgirl now has access to the police database in hopes of capturing Grotesque...who also seems to be using the database as well! Is this an inside job?

DC COMICS

VAR ED

(W) Mairghread Scott (A) Paul Pelletier (CA) Joshua Middleton

Even millennial superheroes are moving back in with their parents! While recovering from the injuries she suffered battling Grotesque, Barbara Gordon's been living with her police commissioner dad while she recuperates. To get Barbara out of her funk, Jim Gordon hires her to do some I.T. grunt work at the GCPD. Unfortu NAtely, he just gave full security clearance to one of the best hackers on the planet! Batgirl now has access to the police database in hopes of capturing Grotesque...who also seems to be using the database as well! Is this an inside job?

DC COMICS

(W) Bob Rozakis (A) Jose Delbo (CA) Karl Kerschl

These hard-to-find 1970s tales featuring Barbara Gordon, a.k.a. Batgirl, are now recut and collected in their entirety! In these stories, Batgirl teams up with heroes including Robin and Red Tor NAdo, and faces villains including Killer Moth, the Cavalier and Madame Zodiac. Collects stories from BATMAN FAMILY #12-20 and DETECTIVE COMICS #481-499, 501-502, 505-506, 508-510 and 512-519.